Is hair algae/slight diatom algae in my fuge a bad thing? I have very very slight cyano algae in my DT. I have a blue leg hermit that seems to be doing okay and an astrea snail that has an afro of hair algae on his shell. My other fuge in my sump has no algae just slight diatom like in the DT. The chaeto seems to be a little bubbly which is probably O2 and there is algae growing on the chaeto and all over the glass. My nitrates are just about 0 po4 is undetectable on an API phosphate test.